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One Reason Young People Don't Go into Science? We Don't Fail Well

One Reason Young People Don't Go into Science? We Don't Fail Well

After flunking a calculus test, I worried I wouldn't make it in science. But I stuck with it, even as people I knew dropped out after their first failure.

Defining Open Science Definitions

Defining Open Science Definitions

The scope of open science and the variety of actors involved make it not realistic, and even counterproductive, to expect there to be, now or in the future, one definition of open science that fits all.

'Fake Research' Comes Under Scrutiny

'Fake Research' Comes Under Scrutiny

The scale of "fake research" in the UK appears to have been underestimated, a BBC investigation suggests.

The Trump Administration’s War on Science

The Trump Administration’s War on Science

Trump's first budget blueprint is a cramped document that sacrifices American innovation to small-bore politics, shortchanging basic scientific research across the government.

The Future of the Open Internet — and Our Way of Life — Is in Your Hands

The Future of the Open Internet — and Our Way of Life — Is in Your Hands

Inside the invisible war for the open internet.

A Fallow Year for Science in Canada

A Fallow Year for Science in Canada

Last year’s Federal budget contained a number of significant dollar boosts for Canadian research but, more importantly, the language behind…

Trump to Create White House Office for ‘American Innovation’

Trump to Create White House Office for ‘American Innovation’

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Trump is going to unveil a new White House agency called the "Office of American Innovation".

How Elsevier Plans to Sabotage Open Access

How Elsevier Plans to Sabotage Open Access

A recently revealed contract between Elsevier and the Dutch research institutes lays bare the retardant tactics the publishing giant employs to stifle the growth of open access.

NIH Enables Investigators to Include Draft Preprints in Grant Proposals

NIH Enables Investigators to Include Draft Preprints in Grant Proposals

Agency welcomes raw manuscripts of findings that haven’t yet been peer reviewed.

Gates Foundation Announces Open-Access Publishing Venture

Gates Foundation Announces Open-Access Publishing Venture

Global health charity is latest funder to start its own publishing ‘channel’ — and the European Commission is considering its own service.

Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living

Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living

Silicon Valley is coming for death. But it’s looking in the wrong place.

The Practice of Reproducible Research

The Practice of Reproducible Research

Case studies and lessons from the data-intensive science.

 

Gender Bias in Scholarly Peer Review

Gender Bias in Scholarly Peer Review

Gender-bias in peer reviewing might persist even when gender-equity is reached because both male and female editors operate with a same-gender preference whose characteristics differ by editor-gender.